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A C-17 cargo plane from Joint Base Charleston is loaded

A C-17 cargo plane from Joint base Charleston is loaded

A C-17 cargo plane from Joint Base Charleston is loaded

A C-17 cargo plane from Joint Base Charleston is loaded

A C-17 cargo plane from Joint base Charleston is loaded

A C-17 cargo plane from Joint base Charleston is loaded

A C-17 cargo plane from Joint Base Charleston is loaded

A C-17 cargo plane from Joint Base Charleston is loaded

A C-17 cargo plane from Joint base Charleston is loaded

A C-17 cargo plane from Joint Base Charleston is loaded

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A C-17 cargo plane from Joint Base Charleston is loaded with equipment at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., April 8, 2012. More than a dozen Swamp Fox F-16 fighter jets, pilots, and nearly 500 personnel (pilots, maintenance specialists and support staff) will deploy for about four months to complete an aviation package necessary to conduct the close air support mission for troops on the ground in the area of responsibility.

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08/04/2012
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Captain Derek Sanborn, a pilot with the 187 Airlift

Brig. Gen. James C. Witham, deputy director of the

An F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52 aircraft from the 157th Fighter Squadron, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, in flight. The aircraft is armed with AGM-88 HARM's (high-speed anti-radiation missile), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AIM-120 AMRAAM's (advanced medium-range air-to-air missile). Another F-16 can be seen in the distance

The South Carolina Air National Guard is participating

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael "Vito" Ferrario, a

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, operated by Soldiers

Col. Mike Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Commander at McEntire

U.S. Air Force Maj. David Anderson, an F-16 fighter

Soldiers with the South Carolina Army National Guard

An eclectic mix of aircraft fly over McEntire Joint

An F-16 currently assigned to the 157th Expeditionary

Base signage around the base during Arctic Challenge

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f 16 deploy afghanistan mcentire 169th scang master sgt marvin preston 169th fighter wing public affairs eastover 169th fw deploys to afghanistan dvids jet aircraft military aircraft fighter jet aircraft war in afghanistan 2001 2021